the u.s. army relieved as a division commander for poor combat leadership's in 1972. many decades ago. as far as i can tell in my research, not a single general has been relieved for being a poor combat leader. we have seen general for leave for various other personal lapses, but i'm more concerned with professional competence. i think we should care more about the lives of our shoulders -- bill lives of our soldiers that we do the sex lives. why is no would be relieved in iraq where as and world war two, relief was quite common. general commanded combat divisions in the world war two -- of 155, 16 were fired. that is a relief rate of more than 10%. in world war two, he added almost darwinian system. you had 90 days to succeed, get killed, or be promoted. or be relieved. a lot of guys were relieved. brigade commanders, battalion commanders, the sense was this is too important, too serious to care about officers feelings and careers. we need to win the war and give the list of the best leadersh